Re: sexism and misogyny: Facebook on blank account

 > Retrograde wrote:
 > From the «so basic bullshit» department:
 > Title: We unleashed Facebook and Instagram’s algorithms on blank
accounts. They served up sexism and misogyny
 > Author: Josh Taylor
 > Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 20:00:45 +0000
 > Link:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/21/we-unleashed-facebook-and-instagrams-algorithms-on-blank-accounts-they-served-up-sexism-and-misogyny
 > Podcast Download URL:
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/730ac82d6fdd99b0160f3046e3e578c39bb72268/2_0_5903_3543/master/5903.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=71cc96582175e0250a4cb272da3e1d92
 >
 > Result of Guardian Australia experiment aligns with research
showing social
 > media automatically delivers troubling content to young men,
largely without
 > oversight
 >
 > * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates[1]
 > * Get our morning and afternoon news emails[2], free app[3] or
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 > podcast[4]
 >
 > How do the algorithms of Facebook and Instagram affect what you see
in your
 > news feed? To find out, Guardian Australia unleashed them on a
completely blank
 > smartphone linked to a new, unused email address.
 >
 > Three months later, without any input, they were riddled with
sexist and
 > misogynistic content.
 > Continue reading...[5]
 >
 > Links:
 > [1]:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/jul/21/australia-news-live-microsoft-says-crowdstrike-outage-affected-85m-windows-devices
(link)
 > [2]: https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl
(link)
 > [3]: https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3 (link)
 > [4]:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl
(link)
 > [5]:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/21/we-unleashed-facebook-and-instagrams-algorithms-on-blank-accounts-they-served-up-sexism-and-misogyny
(link)

Harris is garbage............

Facebook renaming itself "Meta" ( which means "not
important person" ), is obviously stating it's users are not
important.

Twitter at this point are book worms, Lesbians, and Resume. It is a
"Safe-Space" but the new owner wants to make it
another Youtube ( which is a step in the correct direction ).
 

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